Special Features and Updates
Higher Education
Wide-Ranging Stimulus Guidance Balances Flexibility and Accountability
Washington, April 1 -- In a wide-ranging package of guidance released Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Education laid out procedures for granting billions of dollars in stimulus funds that will balance flexibility with tough accountability requirements.
Stabilization Fund State Application Resolves Many Questions About Local Allocations
Washington, March 19 —The U.S. Department of Education (ED) has posted draft state application materials for the state budget stabilization funds contained in the new stimulus package.
Colleges, Universities Eligible for $1 Billion in Research Facility Funding
Washington, March 12 — Public and private institutions of higher education are among the organizations eligible for $1 billion in American Recovery and Reinvestment funding to construct, repair or renovate research institutions, National Institutes of Health (NIH) officials announced today.
Institutions may compete for grants ranging from $1 million to $15 million in two categories: core facility renovation, repair and improvement; and extramural (non-NIH-based) research facilities improvement.
UPDATED ANALYSIS: ED Offers New Guidance on Stimulus Timetables, Waivers
Washington, March 10 — With $44 billion in new education funding expected to go out this month, U.S. Department of Education Secretary Arne Duncan laid out new guidance that, he said, “balances the need for speed and economic stimulus with the need for aggressive and effective education improvement.”
Stabilization Spending Speculation Rampant As States, LEAs Await Details
Washington, Feb. 20 — Now that President Barack Obama has signed the $787 billion federal economic stimulus bill into law, many eyes are turning to state governors and legislatures to gauge how they’ll allocate billions of dollars in new education funding coming to them through a $53.6 billion state fiscal stabilization fund.
